However, many children who become looked after cannot go home, and do not wish to sever all relationships with their birth family. They want to grow up in families that can offer them a home while respecting that they will retain some connection to and membership of their birth family.
But is this possible? Can children who retain a range of complex feelings towards their birth parents enjoy full membership of their foster carers' family? Can foster carers become parents?
This excellent and insightful book examines the progress made by 53 children whose circumstances were originally reported in Growing up in foster care, by the same authors.
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